Wojciech Puchar writes:
> > cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
> > make install clean &
> >
> > it returns the pid but then compiles in the foreground
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >/dev/null
The /process/ is running in the background.
The /output/ - stdout and stderr, file descriptors 1 and 2 -
are still connected to the terminal.
If you really want to make the output vanish, try:
make install clean >& /dev/null &
for (t)csh and (I think):
make install clean 2>&1 /dev/null &
for (ba)sh.
My personal practice when compiling is not to direct all output
to /dev/null. If the 22 hour build of OpenOffice blows up, and the
output has vanished, you may have to start over.
Instead, send it to a log file which can then be discarded if
everything goes well.
Robert Huff
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